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Event

Water covers the earth

2347 BCfor 150D

Relationships

Participants Ham, Japheth, Noah, Shem
Followed by The flood subsides

Key verses

Genesis 7:23
Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.
Genesis 7:21
All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
Genesis 7:22
All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.
Genesis 7:18
The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
Genesis 7:19
The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
Genesis 7:20
The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.